PURPOSE: Testicular cancer (TC) is the most common malignancy in 20 to 34-year-old
men. Numerous publications have shown an increase in the incidence of testis cancer in the …

Clinical epidemiology is sometimes called the basic science of clinical medicine. In terms of
the pathogenesis of testicular germ cell tumors (GCTs), clinical epidemiology analyzes …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate 30-year, population-based trends in incidence and survival rates
for malignant germ cell tumors originating within the female genital tract. METHODS …

Background: Whereas testicular cancer incidence rates have been widely reported in
populations of Northern European ancestry, rates in other populations have been less …

BACKGROUND Recent reports have suggested that the increasing rates of testicular germ
cell tumors in some populations have begun to plateau. This study was conducted to …

In the last decade four international agreements have focused on a group of chemical
substances known as persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Global agreement on the …

Some investigators have hypothesized that estrogens and other hormonally active agents
found in the environment might be involved in breast cancer increases and sperm count …

Objective: Striking geographic variation and marked increasing secular trends characterize
the incidence of testicular cancer. However, it is not known whether these patterns have …

Although the incidence of testis cancer has risen markedly in many Western populations
over the past half‐century, it is not clear whether rates in other populations also have …

Objectives Testicular germ cell tumors (GCTs) have their incidence peak in the third and
fourth decades of life. Histologically, GCTs comprise of seminoma and nonseminoma at …